Winter Kills

Movie starts off crazy, and gets sillier and sillier, and more convoluted, with wackier and wackier characters and situations, It plays like an unintended spoof of conspiracy movies, Top acting talent embarrass themselves, including huge cameos by Elizabeth Taylor and Toshiro Mifune, who both do absolutely nothing,

Even if the final product feels unfinished (which given the troubled production, is understandable) I can appreciate the way the movie both indulges in conspiracy theory tropes and then cheekily undermines them.

Weird tone, lame story.

Sloppy Kills In the opening sequence, during the titles, an unseen chess player attacks with his king, alone and unprotected in the middle of the board, and is mated in one move by a pawn. Whoever designed this never played chess. Sloppy and hard to recover from to enjoy the movie.

Thought this might have *some* merit, despite the horrible ratings. I was wrong. Other than some good acting, the plot is goofy.

As soon as you see a cast of big names in a movie that runs under 100mins you can safely say you may be about to be conned. Most of the big names have roles lasting for minutes, then, seen no more! The movies original producers were drug dealers, two were murdered and another jailed for 40yrs. By the end of the film (if you last that long) the so-called ‘satirical' plot leaves you feeling like you've been on a very bad ‘trip'. With a script about as feasible and palatable as Rice Bubbles served with Bilge water it wags doggedly on its weary trail, feeling more and more like a never-ending trial. HUGE money was lost on this sleazy dud and while it looked classy it kept falling over itself, fooling some audiences (but very, very few!) Do yourself a favour and maybe watch The Parallax View instead.

Even if the final product feels unfinished (which given the troubled production, is understandable) I can appreciate the way the movie both indulges in conspiracy theory tropes and then cheekily undermines them.

Winter Kills features a heavyweight cast, cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond, music by Maurice Jarre, and was based on a novel by Richard Condon (The Manchurian Candidate). Yet it fails to deliver the results expected from such an impressive cinematic resume. Almost indescribably "of its time", the film employs a kind of absurdist humor, acting style, and dialogue that doesn't seem to translate with a modern audience. Film buffs only need apply.

Winter Kills is a decent film. It is about Nick Kegan who investigates the confession of a dying man who claims to be the real shooter hired to kill Nick brother. Jeff Bridges and Anthony Perkins give good performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. William Richert did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the drama and mystery.

The best rendition of the John Kennedy murder/conspiracy saga ever. Sad, savage, ironic, insightful. Better, as it has integrity as a surreal comedy, than than deadpan junkyard epic "JFK."